Chapter 54: Chapter 54: Star Array

Demons that cultivate Demon Skills are called Demon Fiends, and they are usually much more troublesome than ordinary Demons. The Three Capitals Blood Demon Mosquito Mother had profound cultivation in the Nine Yin Blood Evil Scripture. A mortal who saw it would probably have all their Essence Blood instantly siphoned away from a distance.

The only reason it seemed to have so little presence during the Magical Combat was that both Wu Chunqiu and Song Min were no ordinary Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

Even Yang Jing couldn’t help but feel a sense of fear as he looked at the flying mosquito, which pulsed with the aura of a Demon Fiend.

The Nine Yin Blood Evil Scripture cultivated by the Three Capitals Blood Demon Mosquito Mother was extremely sensitive to blood and qi. Combined with its Talent for Blood Absorption and Shadow Tracking, his Cloud Escape stood no chance of evading its pursuit.

As the situation worsened to an extreme, Yang Jing instead grew calm. He made a decisive choice, releasing Yinjiao from the Beast Taming Bag as well.

At this moment, Yinjiao was still maintaining the appearance of a Mortal Snake.

“Iron Head, Yinjiao, the situation is critical, so I’ll be brief. Yinjiao, use your Cloud Escape to take Iron Head and retrieve the Spirit-Connected Celestial Star Stakes that were pulled out. Don’t alert the Bone Demon. Iron Head, the Profound Black Celestial Star Array has thirty-six Spirit-Connected Celestial Star Stakes. I need you to use these stakes to re-establish the Profound Black Celestial Star Array!”

Yang Jing spoke solemnly to his two followers.

The Profound Black Celestial Star Array is based on the number of Celestial Spirits. To form the array, one simply needs to use the Circulation Star Diagram to drive these Spirit-Connected Celestial Star Stakes into the Spirit Vein nodes. The Spirit Veins throughout Huashan County are quite abundant, so there are naturally more than just thirty-six Spirit Vein nodes. As long as the Spirit-Connected Celestial Star Stakes are still around, it’s not impossible for an Array Master to bypass the nodes occupied by the Demon Banners and re-establish the Array.

“If all goes well, the moment I restart the Profound Black Celestial Star Array, you are to immediately ambush those Bone Demons and pull the Demon Banners from the Spirit Vein nodes!”

Yang Jing instructed.

Iron Head’s little eyebrows knitted together, and it nodded with great solemnity.

“Also, don’t touch the seven Spirit-Connected Celestial Star Stakes in the Seven-Star positions. I’m going to use them to have a good fight with this Demon Mosquito!”

Yang Jing said, watching the Three Capitals Blood Demon Mosquito Mother patrol the sky, searching for his position.

“Move out!”

He ordered in a low voice.

Yinjiao immediately summoned its Cloud Escape, enveloping both itself and Iron Head within it, and vanished on the spot.

After all, Cloud Riding Mist was its Talent. When used, it was utterly traceless, to the point that even Yang Jing lost all sense of his two followers’ positions.

Yang Jing’s heart settled. He also activated his Cloud Escape, rose into the air, and drifted toward the County Yamen, bypassing the Three Capitals Blood Demon Mosquito Mother in the sky.

The Three Capitals Blood Demon Mosquito Mother circled in the sky for a long time but couldn’t find any trace of Yang Jing. It grew frenzied and irritable, and with a flap of its wings, it stirred up a gust of incomparably chilling Nine Yin Gang Wind.

This gale was extremely vicious and sinister. With just a single blast, the houses, rubble, white bones, and severed limbs in Huashan County were coated in a layer of gray frost, then silently crumbled into dust.

Even the surviving Blood Shadow Mosquitoes were no exception. Robbed of their life force by the Nine Yin Gang Wind, they fell from the sky in droves.

It whipped up the Nine Yin Gang Wind, determined to force Yang Jing out of hiding completely.

Yang Jing had no choice but to activate a Wind-controlling Talisman to push his speed to its limit, then activated a Golden Light Talisman to protect his body.

The Nine Yin Gang Wind was silent and formless. Just a few wisps of its aftershock caused the cloud qi around Yang Jing to fluctuate violently. The Golden Light Talisman was pushed to its limit in an instant and began to flicker erratically.

Fortunately, Huashan County wasn’t large, and that brief moment was enough for him to return to the County Yamen. As soon as he entered, he immediately channeled his Magical Power to alter the operational sequence of the Restrictions on the Array Base.

’At this moment, I’m incredibly glad I share Iron Head’s Initial Understanding of Array Dao.’

The Profound Black Celestial Star Array was a series of Arrays. The number of Spirit-Connected Celestial Star Stakes required for the Array Formation was not rigidly fixed at thirty-six. It could be seven for the Seven Luminaries, twelve for the Twelve Constellation Palace, thirty-six for the Thirty-Six Celestial Spirits, seventy-two for the Seventy-two Earth Fiends, or 365 for the 365 Circulation Celestial Stars.

If all 365 Spirit-Connected Celestial Star Stakes were deployed, it would form the Circulation Xuanzao Heavenly Star Formation. The Array’s Level would leap straight to Tier Three Upper Grade, and not even a Golden Core Great Power could breach it.

Yang Jing recalled the positions of the Spirit-Connected Celestial Star Stakes from his memory. After a quick calculation, he knew which seven stakes to activate. He pushed his Magical Power to its absolute limit, using the Array Base to direct the flow of Spiritual Qi between the Spirit Veins and form an Array Formation.

Although Yang Jing had stabilized his cloud qi at the first opportunity, the Three Capitals Blood Demon Mosquito Mother still immediately sensed the anomaly.

Its pair of compound eyes instantly locked onto the County Yamen. With a shudder of its wings, it transformed into a blood-red shadow and shot straight toward Yang Jing.

Unfortunately, its discovery came a little too late.

A barrier of light, much weaker than the previous Profound Black Celestial Star Array, enveloped the entire County Yamen.

BOOM!

The Three Capitals Blood Demon Mosquito Mother slammed viciously into the light barrier. The violent impact made the barrier shudder intensely, but it managed to hold.

Yang Jing clutched his trembling right hand and stood up. He felt a pang of relief. ’I’m lucky I chose to activate the Mysterious Soap Seven-Star Array, the fastest option. If I’d been greedy for more Defense Power and picked the Twelve Constellation Palace Formation, I’d have had my Essence Blood sucked dry by now.’

The Three Capitals Blood Demon Mosquito Mother stared deadly at Yang Jing through the light barrier, letting out a peerlessly ferocious shriek. After being toyed with, it was utterly enraged.

The whistling Nine Yin Gang Wind battered the Mysterious Soap Seven-Star Array, making the Seven Stars Array flicker like a candle in the wind. But as soon as the gale stopped, the Seven Stars Array immediately stabilized.

Huashan County’s Spirit Vein was more than enough to support the Profound Black Celestial Star Array, so supplying the Seven Stars Array was naturally a simple matter. Yang Jing directed things from the center, channeling more Spiritual Qi to the points under attack, and actually managed to withstand the astonishingly powerful Nine Yin Gang Wind.

After using the astonishingly powerful Nine Yin Gang Wind twice in a row, even the Three Capitals Blood Demon Mosquito Mother found its Magical Power running low. It stopped the gale and instead summoned the Nine Yin Bone-Piercing Needles—less powerful, but with far greater piercing strength.

Countless Yin Needles shot out from its wings, striking the Seven Stars Array with a series of PINGs and TINKs.

Needle-type Magical Artifacts and Magic have always been the bane of Body Refining Techniques and Protective Spirit Lights. The Mysterious Soap Seven-Star Array immediately showed signs of instability. Yang Jing could only scramble to defend, desperately channeling Spiritual Qi to patch the weak points on the light barrier, lest a single spot be struck repeatedly, leading to the Array’s destruction and his own death.

Wu Chunqiu, who was engaged in Magical Combat with Song Min in the sky, saw the situation below, and the thorn in his side twisted deeper. ’I never thought a mere Qi Cultivator would be so difficult to deal with,’ he fumed inwardly. ’I’ve tried one method after another, and I still can’t crush him.’

One after another, his schemes had met with unexpected setbacks, and a sense of crisis began to dawn on him.

’Come to think of it, the Profound Black Celestial Star Array also has offensive capabilities. It just requires considerable attainment in the Array Dao. Since he could re-establish the Array in such a short time, he obviously meets that requirement. Yet he didn’t use its offensive powers during our earlier fight… It seems he was planning to ambush me. A pity for him that my skills are still superior!’

The next moment, a grayish-white Tunneling Light appeared on the horizon, reaching the skies above Huashan County in the blink of an eye.

The Three Corpses Bone Demon was toying with Huang Taihe’s head, whose eyes were still wide with unresigned death, and then proceeded to swallow the Independent Cultivators who had been killed by the Soul-devouring Demon Sound, one by one.

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